Keep in mind, though, for those bright days at the beach or whatever, that turning it on will let you point the camera and adjust exposure when all of the controls in the viewfinder are washed out and hard to see...

In the end it takes the place of the top LCD and I think is a bit more ergonomic...

woof!

I had forgotten that there was a display in the viewfinder. I have only had mine a couple weeks and have only shot outdoors so far.